Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  262 / 812 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 262 / 812 Next Page
Page Background

S258

24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S116–S348

Promotion of mental health

EW411

Health-seeking attitudes and existing

support services for psychiatric

trainees

E. Conde

1 ,

, A. Lomax

2

, T. Santos

3

, T. Pattyn

4

,

C. Skjødt

5

, E.R.G. HELP Projec

t 6

1

Centro Hospitalar Baixo-Vouga, Departamento Psiquiatria e Saúde

Mental, Aveiro, Portugal

2

University Hospital Lewisham, South London and Maudsley NHS

Foundation Trust, Liaison Service, London, United Kingdom

3

Centro Hospitalar Baixo-Vouga, Departamento de Psiquiatria e

Saúde Mental, Aveiro, Portugal

4

University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

5

Psykiatrisk Center Nordsjælland, Copenhagen, Denmark

6

Switzerland

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Concern formedical doctors’ health has beenwidely

recognized over the past ten years. EFPT is aware of the heterogene-

ity of support set up for doctors in distress, recognizing the need

for further cross-Europe research.

Aims

The EFPT “HELP Project” was designed to investigate psy-

chiatry trainees’ perceptions of and attitudes towards health

seeking at a Europe-wide scale. Furthermore, it aims to determine

what services are available in Europe specifically to support physi-

cians’ health.

Methods

Multinational, cross-sectional survey conducted in 14

European countries between 2013 and 2014. Data collection was

accomplished by an anonymous online or hard copy questionnaire.

Completion implied consent toparticipate. Datawas analysedusing

SPSS v20.0.

Results

Of the respondent trainees, 57.7% were from developed

economies; 46.2% under 30 years; 26.9% males. Ninety-eight per

cent said they would have surgery in the public sector, versus 42.3%

who agree to get treatment there for an eating disorder, depression

(28.8%) or addiction (17.3%). Trainees from developing economies

were significantly less confident in using public sector help for

mental health difficulties. When asked for advice regarding the

same problems in their fellow trainees, they said they would rec-

ommend public sector help. Specific services for doctors exist in

the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and Switzerland, but most trainees

said there were no services locally.

Conclusion

The EFPT believes specialised physician health ser-

vices are needed to ensure doctors seek helpwhen necessary, while

avoiding feeling stigmatised or punished in doing so. The authors

plan to create a ‘survival guide’ for European trainees in distress,

with collated information about local services for doctors.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.529

EW412

The temporal evolution of life

satisfaction in institutionalized

elderly: A longitudinal study

H. Espírito-Santo , S. Guadalupe , L. Lemos

, S. Simões , F. Daniel

Miguel Torga Institute, Psychology, Coimbra, Portugal

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Research shows that variables, such as depression,

less functionality and health, less contact with family and others,

may have a negative impact on life satisfaction.

Objectives

To verify which variables correlate with satisfaction

with life (SWL) and analyse which of them predict the evolution of

SWL.

Aims

To examine correlates and predictors of SWL in institution-

alized elderly.

Methods

This study involved a subsidiary longitudinal analysis

of cross-sectional data gathered at Phase I (2010–2012;

n

= 493

elderly) and after 36months at Phase II (2013–2014;

n

= 85) of Aging

Trajectories Project from Miguel Torga University College.

Results

At Phase I, higher scores in SWL scale correlated with

having visits (

r

= 0.17;

P

< 0.01), specially from family (

r

= 0.20;

P

< 0.01), less depressive (

r

= –0.42;

P

< 0.001) and anxiety symp-

toms (

r

= –0.25;

P

< 0.001), less loneliness feelings (

r

= –0.37;

P

< 0.001), less functionality (

r

= 0.15;

P

< 0.01), and better general

physical health (

r

= 0.25;

P

< 0.001). Age, sex, civil status, cognitive,

and executive status did not correlate with SWL. SWL, depres-

sive and anxiety symptoms, and loneliness feelings were stable

through time, between assessment stages (

P

< 0.01). The worsening

of depression and loneliness through time predicted the nega-

tive evolution of SWL (respectively,

ˇ

= 1.16;

P

< 0.01;

ˇ

= –0.69;

P

< 0.05).

Conclusions

These findings highlight the relevance of early

detecting depressed mood and loneliness feelings in institution-

alized elderly, and the importance of the treatment and the

development of preventive interventions for this vulnerable popu-

lation.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.530

EW413

Attitudes toward psychiatry and

psychiatric patients in medical

students: Can real-world experiences

reduce stigma?

M. Pascucci

1 ,

, E. Stella

1

, M. La Montagna

1

, A. De Angelis

2

,

P. Parente

3 , V. D

i Nunzio

1 , A.

Ventriglio

1 , A. B

ellomo

1 , L. J

aniri

2 ,

G. Pozzi

2

1

University of Foggia, Institute of Psychiatry, Foggia, Italy

2

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Psychiatry,

Rome, Italy

3

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Institute of Hygiene &

Public Health, Rome, Italy

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Stigma towards psychiatry and mental illness sig-

nificantly worsens the quality of life of psychiatric patients.

Negative prejudices in medical students make it difficult for future

doctors to send patients to mental health services and promote an

increased risk of premature death.

Aims

Our aim is to assess stigma towards mental illness and psy-

chiatry inmedical students, and to study the influence of real-world

experiences, such as having visited a psychiatric ward, having per-

sonally met a psychiatric patient or having friends and/or family

members who suffer from a mental illness.

Methods

One hundred and thirteen Italian medical students

completed the following tests:

– Attitudes Towards Psychiatry (ATP-30);

– Community Attitudes Towards Mental Ill (CAMI);

– Perceived Discrimination Devaluation Scale (PDD);

– Baron-Cohen’s Empathy Quotient (EQ).

Results

Having visited a psychiatric ward correlates with a bet-

ter attitude towards psychiatry (

P

= 0.008), rather than towards

the mentally ill. Having personally known someone with men-

tal disorders correlates with less stigmatizing scores in CAMI:

total score (

P

= 0.002), authoritarianism (

P

< 0.001), benevolence

(

P

= 0.047) and social restriction (

P

= 0.001). Similar results emerged

in those who have close relationships with a psychiatric patient.

There is no statistical significance as to empathy.

Conclusions

The students who have visited a psychiatric ward

have a less stigmatizing vision of psychiatry, while having